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The Imperium was founded by the Emperor, also called "The Immortal Emperor", "God-Emperor", and the "Master of Mankind", at the end of the [[Age of Strife]] - a very long period of anarchy, war, and destructive regression which brought humanity to the brink of destruction and reversed the technological progression made in the [[Dark Age of Technology]].
As the [[Warp Storm|warp storm]]s Storm of the Age of Strife subsided, after having secured the scientific posts and spacedocks of [[Luna]], along with the factories and scientists on [[Mars]] the Emperor began to unite mankind under his rule. A vast navy was built with which his armies undertook the [[Great Crusade]], which lasted for about two centuries.
During this two hundred year long military campaign, the Emperor employed his most potent military units, the [[Space Marine Legion]]s, lead by their born leaders, the [[Primarch]]s. These, combined with the might of the [[Imperial Army]] (which was later separated into the [[Imperial Guard]] and the [[Imperial Navy]]), brought thousands of human worlds together under the Imperium. The Great Crusade ended with the corruption and treachery of the Primarch [[Horus]], the instigator of [[Horus Heresy]] rebellion.
